cistula

== English == === Etymology === From Latin cistula. === Noun === cistula (plural cistulae) A little box or chest. == Latin == === Etymology === From cista (“a trunk, a chest, a casket”) + -ula (diminutive suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɪs.tʊ.ɫa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃis.tu.la] === Noun === cistula f (genitive cistulae); first declension a basket diminutive of cista: a small chest ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== cistella ==== Descendants ==== → English: cistula === References === “cistula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "cistula", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “cistula”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.